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Gayda (-)

Bagpipe, mouth-blown: 2 stocks (a: single chanter / b: drone)

Identical types: 61

Thrace (Edirne, &c.); = Gajda (Bulgaria; Sometimes with a Macedonian chanter), partly with Turkish terminology; Due to its name and form it is believed to be imported from Bulgaria; NB¹: According to Redhouse, however, the origin of the name is Spanish; NB²: ➺ Bulgaria; ➺ Gajda (Macedonia).

Gajde, Ghaida / Ghaïda, Ghayda, Tooloom


Sources

Picken, Laurence: Folk musical instruments of Turkey. London, 1975, p.549.

Dictionaries, &c.

Redhouse Yeni Türkçe-İngilizce sözlük / New Redhouse Turkish-English dictionary. İstanbul, 1986 (8): [from] Spanish (Gaita)